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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Wow! It was a great summer! Jeff and I went to Tahiti for our 20th anniversary - it's a beautiful place and the people we met were so nice! We also went backpacking in the High Sierras - 40 miles in 4 days! Bears, rattlesnakes and incredible natural beauty - it was amazing! (and I can't believe I did it!). I hope your summer was equally fun!

Real estate sales continued to keep us very busy all summer with multiple offers on many of our listings. Cathy and I have a couple of fabulous new listings in Kula. Please check out our visual tours below. And remember to call us if we can help you with any of your real estate needs.

With Aloha,
deb

Featured Properties

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104 Malapua Place

104 Malapua Place, Kula Manu, Kula: This 3-bedroom, 2-bath home was the model home for Kula Malu and the winner of the Parade of Homes. It is tucked away at the end of a cul-de-sac and has a very peaceful, private feeling. There is a master bedroom suite and a children's or guest "wing" that gives everyone "space"! It is a great value at $549,000.

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104 Malapua Place

21 Lanipa'a Way, Kula Mala, Kula: This immaculate single-level home with tile roof is located on a quiet cul-de-sac in a great neighborhood. High, open-beam ceilings, sky lights, recessed & track lighting, Corian countertops, and an outdoor shower are just a few of the features you'll see when you take our Visual Tour. This is a very good buy at $589,000

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119 Pea Place

119 Pea Place, Kula: This quality home has high, open-beam ceilings, hardwood floors, huge windows facing the deck (with hot tub), gorgeous bathrooms and a fabulous ocean view. It is uniquely designed and includes two living suites, both with gourmet kitchens with top of the line appliances (Kitchen Aid and Thermador). All this on 2 acres in one of Maui's most prestigious areas, Kula Glen. Great location. Very private. $885,000

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112 Ka Drive

112 Ka Drive, Kula Kai: This is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath cedar home with vaulted ceilings, huge windows, and a great floor plan on a .3 acre lot. The yard is beautifully landscaped and you can see the ocean. This is one of the best buys in Kula Kai at $398,000

Click on images to get a closer look 206 Hololani

206 Hololani, Pukalani: If you've always wanted to build your dream home here is your dream lot! 10,000 square feet of level land on the 12th green of the Pukalani Golf Course. This is one of my favorite streets in Pukalani - because the properties face the golf course and the ocean and mountain views beyond (and my parents live on this street!). There is a beautiful rock wall on the property and the water meter is in. $215,000

Call or e-mail me if you have any questions or I can help you with any of your real estate needs.
Aloha,
deb

THE TYING WITH ROPES

It was the middle of the 19th century in Hawaii. Protestant missionaries had a major foothold by the time the first official Catholic priest arrived in 1846 in Lahaina. He quickly found a large following on the island, it is said, despite fierce opposition from the missionaries and many of their chiefly converts and supporters. One especially formidable opponent was Queen Regent Kaahumanu.

Two early native converts to Catholicism in those years were brothers named Helio and Petero. Helio was baptized in Honolulu and returned to Maui as an itinerant preacher, traveling from place to place talking to people. So successful were his efforts in East Maui that he became known as "The Apostle of Maui."

They say that a judge in Wailuku ordered a round-up of the Catholics who continued to suffer persecution for their faith. He must have been prodded by some powerful people. In 1939, long before the first priest set foot on Maui, King Kamehameha III had signed The Edict of Toleration, giving religious freedom to his people.

Men were deputized to arrest the miscreants and bring them in for trial in Wailuku. These men spent more than a month tracking down and gathering in all of the known, professed Catholics. To keep track of their prisoners, the deputies tied them together with ropes and marched them along the Piilani Highway through all the districts of Kahikinui, Kaupo, Hana and Nahiko, Keanae, Kailua, Haiku and Paia, all the way to the government seat in Wailuku. Helio and Petero were at the head of the line, which became known as the Paakaula ("the tying with ropes").

A funny thing happened as the parade of prisoners walked along. Friends and family of the men joined in and marched with them, even though they were not Catholics themselves. By the time the line arrived at their destination in Wailuku, there were several hundred marchers. The judge took one look at them and dismissed the case. There were too many heretics to sort out, put on trial, and sentence.

Helio and Petero led their people home, preaching as they went. The result of that fiasco was a tripling of the number of converts to Catholicism on Maui.

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Standard English: Jeffrey, it could be that you're overdoing it
Braddah-Nics: What, Jeffrey...tryin'?

Standard English: Her self-confidence is a bit overwhelming.
Braddah-Nics: Wow...shet'ink she all dat, no?

Standard English: We've decided to rent this house together.
Braddah-Nics: Us guys goin' compang dis house.

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Chicken Katsu
Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

• 2 lb Boneless chicken; slice into bite size pieces
• Ajinomoto to taste
• 3 cups Panko Flakes
• 1 ea Beaten egg
• Oil for frying
• 1 ea Fresh lemon
• 1/4 cup Ketchup

Instructions:

Season chicken with ajinomoto and salt/pepper if desired. Dip in beaten egg. Option: add water or milk to egg. Dip in Panko and fry until golden brown. Mix juice from lemon and ketchup to make dipping sauce. From: Pupus To Da Max Orgin:Dennis Fujitake

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KULA -

Think million-dollar panoramic views. Think of rich, red soil so fine that your feet send up puffs of dry dust as you walk in the bare dirt. Think of world-famous sweet Kula onions, and fascinating, magical-looking protea flowers. Think of tree-lined roads wending their way over the mountain slopes -- the smell of eucalyptus as you drive along the upper highway, the beauty of the blooming jacarandas and silk oak trees along the lower one. Think wide expanses of pasture land dotted with stands of opuntia cacti. (This is dry country, after all, tucked away in the wind-shadow of Haleakala mountain, on the leeward side of the island.

Think of small family farms and ranches with old wooden houses dating from great- grandpa's time. The diversity of crops harvested in this fertile place, trucked down the mountain to the Central Valley below, include a wide variety of flowers, cabbages, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, assorted fruits and even wine grapes.

Once upon a time Kula farms and ranches provisioned whaling ships, and Kula was called "Nu Kaleponi" (New California). Hungry miners during the California Gold Rush created such a demand for Kula's potatoes, onions and other vegetables and caused a major increase in the prices of the crops grown in the area. The population boomed in the area as farmers had their own rush for the gold, shipping off their produce to the Mainland. Population dwindled again when the gold frenzy died down and Californians settled in to farm their own lands.

Nowadays the fastest-growing "crops" are the homes in subdivisions built to accommodate folks looking for a quiet, country way of life.

The Kula area is divided into four communities: Omaopio, Pulehu, Waiakoa and Kula itself (which is sometimes further subdivided into upper and lower Kula). Currently, there are a few small stores in the area, but no real town center.

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